Il grande passo

"Italy's secret space program is underway."

Aug 20 2020 TV-14 1h 36m
Comedy

At the age of six, Dario watched the first moon flight on television. Since then, his dream has been to fly to the moon. For the past three decades, the ingenious but difficult by nature Dario has been building a moon rocket on his farm in the Veneto countryside. Rocket technology represents applied rocket science. Its systems are implemented on a do-it-yourself basis, and the components are obtained from the local hardware store. The initial launch of the rocket fails. The neighbor's cornfield burns down and Dario is arrested. When his Roman brother Mario hears about the difficulties that have arisen, he goes to his aid and Italy's secret space program finally gets going.

Plot

Ever since, at the age of six, Dario Cavalieri saw live images of the first moon landing, he has never stopped wanting to go there. Mario Cavalieri runs a neighborhood hardware store in Rome, until the day his existence is upset by the phone ring. His brother Dario is in prison. Mario finds himself being the only one who can take care of that brother he has seen only once in his life. The two brothers, as physically similar as they are different in character, will find themselves alone in the face of an impossible undertaking.

Written by

Antonio Padovan, Marco Pettenello

Directed by

Antonio Padovan

Cast

Giuseppe Battiston, Stefano Fresi, Roberto Citran

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Ipotesi Cinema, Stemal Entertainment, Direzione Generale per il Cinema, Regione del Veneto, RAI, MiBAC

Languages

Italiano

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
504
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA